Reviewed allocations of wxMenuBar items.

src/AudacityApp.cpp

@@ -1406,10 +1406,14 @@ bool AudacityApp::OnInit()
       fileMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT, _("&About Audacity..."));
       fileMenu->Append(wxID_PREFERENCES, wxString(_("&Preferences...")) + wxT("\tCtrl+,"));
 
-      wxMenuBar *menuBar = new wxMenuBar();
-      menuBar->Append(fileMenu, _("&File"));
+      {
+         auto menuBar = std::make_unique<wxMenuBar>();
+         menuBar->Append(fileMenu, _("&File"));
 
-      wxMenuBar::MacSetCommonMenuBar(menuBar);
+         // PRL:  Are we sure wxWindows will not leak this menuBar?
+         // The online documentation is not explicit.
+         wxMenuBar::MacSetCommonMenuBar(menuBar.release());
+      }
 
       mRecentFiles->UseMenu(recentMenu);
       mRecentFiles->AddFilesToMenu(recentMenu);

src/ShuttleGui.cpp

@@ -672,20 +672,20 @@ ShuttleGuiBase & ShuttleGuiBase::Prop( int iProp )
 
 wxMenuBar * ShuttleGuiBase::AddMenuBar( )
 {
-   mpMenuBar = new wxMenuBar( );
+   auto menuBar = std::make_unique<wxMenuBar>();
+   mpMenuBar = menuBar.get();
 
    wxFrame * pFrame = (wxFrame*)mpParent;
    pFrame->SetThemeEnabled( true );
    mpMenuBar->SetThemeEnabled( true );
-   pFrame->SetMenuBar(mpMenuBar);
+   pFrame->SetMenuBar(menuBar.release());
 
    return mpMenuBar;
 }
 
 wxMenu * ShuttleGuiBase::AddMenu( const wxString & Title )
 {
-   mpMenu = new wxMenu;
-   mpMenuBar->Append( mpMenu, Title );
+   mpMenuBar->Append( (mpMenu = safenew wxMenu), Title );
    return mpMenu;
 }
 

src/commands/CommandManager.cpp

@@ -433,15 +433,17 @@ void CommandManager::PurgeData()
 /// Makes a NEW menubar for placement on the top of a project
 /// Names it according to the passed-in string argument.
 ///
-/// If the menubar already exists, simply returns it.
-wxMenuBar *CommandManager::AddMenuBar(const wxString & sMenu)
+/// If the menubar already exists, that's unexpected.
+std::unique_ptr<wxMenuBar> CommandManager::AddMenuBar(const wxString & sMenu)
 {
    wxMenuBar *menuBar = GetMenuBar(sMenu);
-   if (menuBar)
-      return menuBar;
+   if (menuBar) {
+      wxASSERT(false);
+      return {};
+   }
 
-   const auto result = new wxMenuBar{};
-   mMenuBarList.emplace_back(sMenu, result);
+   auto result = std::make_unique<wxMenuBar>();
+   mMenuBarList.emplace_back(sMenu, result.get());
 
    return result;
 }
@@ -491,7 +493,7 @@ void CommandManager::BeginMenu(const wxString & tName)
 ///
 void CommandManager::EndMenu()
 {
-   // Add the menu to the menubard after all menu items have been
+   // Add the menu to the menubar after all menu items have been
    // added to the menu to allow OSX to rearrange special menu
    // items like Preferences, About, and Quit.
    CurrentMenuBar()->Append(mCurrentMenu, mCurrentMenuName);

src/commands/CommandManager.h

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct MenuBarListEntry
    {}
 
    wxString name;
-   wxMenuBar *menubar;
+   wxMenuBar *menubar; // This structure does not assume memory ownership!
 };
 
 struct SubMenuListEntry
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API CommandManager: public XMLTagHandler
    // Creating menus and adding commands
    //
 
-   wxMenuBar *AddMenuBar(const wxString & sMenu);
+   std::unique_ptr<wxMenuBar> AddMenuBar(const wxString & sMenu);
 
    void BeginMenu(const wxString & tName);
    void EndMenu();